Cigar-finishing device



1927' P. WURMAN CIGAR FINISHING DEVICE Filed April 0. 1925 1 Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

HARRY =1=. 'WUBIMAN," or BROOKLYN, New YORK; ;ASSI.G1\3OR .TO BAYfiK oI'eARsL N- GORPORATED,"OF 'iPHlIiADEIiBHIAfi PENNSYLVANIA; CORPORATION LOFJ )MABY- joI-eAR-nnv-IsHINe nEvIcE Y Application filed ltpril. so, 1925."; is i'ieiinoifaasee.

Myjinvention relates to.;means for finish-,1 ing. cigars, and more particularly; to a device for smoothing out and: securing the .end, tiongeof the. wrapper. ofv cigars. [In making.)

cigars, :the wrapper is applied to the bunch at one end andflrolledonspina-lly, paste, being.,applied toathefreevor head, end 0 the Wrapper tosecureite IfIthe wrapper be applied by.hand..rolling, care is required to ;=smooth out. the end of the wrappeniand. it

must bezsubjectedltosome pressure. in order toeinsure its adherence after the rolling; operation is completed. If the. wrapper'be ap plied by machine-rolling, it is usuallyv neces-;.

:sary. to. smooth iout.;the end portion oftlie rolling. operation, .and to apply pressure to itto. insure that itlbeese'cured by theipaste.

While the end of the wrapper maybe vsmoothed.outhy-hand, there hasbeen in use for..-this purpose a device consisting of a metallic cupe'sha'ped; member. rotated, by suitable meansrandainto!which the butt end of the cigar ispla'ced after rolling. The walls of the cup serve to smooth out the end of the wrapper and cause it to adhere to the bunch. However, such a device is of limited advantage and acts only on the extreme end of the cigar.

Now it is the object of my invention to provide a device which will not only smooth out the end of the wrapper and cause it to adhere to the bunch in a superior manner, but which will also smoothly distribute any surplus paste and which will act on the wrapper for a substantial distance from the extreme end and which will result in the production of a cigar of superior appearance and workmanship, whether hand or machine rolled.

Having now indicated, in a general way, the nature and purpose of my invention, I

will proceed to a detailed description there- 7 to rotated any suitable-means"{and centrally bbredfitm its outer end for "the reception of a pin 0 on the outer end of t a fcup d, }theinteriorrof whichis formed for the reception of thebutt end of a cigar e; The pin 0 is made a tight fit in the shaftf?) so that when the shaft'is rotated the'cu'p willbe' rotated with it.

Adjacent 'the end of the shaft andflsecured toeit in eans ofa set screw f is a collarg to wh ch in turnj'is secured, by meansof a eye sili'oinw, an nul -it "The. casing extendsfaboutfthecup d and is pro-"'- I videdwith anlinternal flange in line with I g g the" oute'r'jend ofcup (Z. Within thecasin'g wrapper, which .tends .to loe wrinkled inthe and hearing against the flange i'isa disc j,

secured by'means ofscrews 10. I The disc is centrally apertured and within theaperture' aperture by glueing. e

:neaehaihg from the bracket a is a'troughlike support m for the cigar e, which serves as a guide for the cigar, the butt end of which, as will be observed from an inspection of Fig. 1, is inserted through the brush in the aperture in disc j and into cup d,

which, when the shaft 1; is rotated, W111 act 7 to smooth out and press the end of the wrapper. 1

It will be noted that in the device embodying my invention the tuck end of the wrapper will be treatedby the cup, while the brush will smooth out the wrapper adjacent the end, evenly distribute any paste thereon and press the wrapper into firm ad- I herence with its overlapping convolutes and with the binder on the bunch.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim and desire to protect loy Letters Patent is:

1. A device for finishing cigars, comprising an annular brush, the brushing portion of the brush being arranged to surround the cigar to be finished, and meansto rotatesaid end of the cigar wrapper.

brush about the cigar to smooth down the Y 2. A devlce for finishing clgars compr1s1ng on its inner periphery, means to limit the means to rotate said brush.

an annular brushliaving brushing; elements 19 annular brush within the aperture in said disc the brushing portion of the brush being arranged to surround the cigar to be finished,

meansto limit the extension of a cigar through the brush in said disc, and means ;to rotate said disc.

5. A device for finishing cigars comprising a'disc provided with a central aperture, an

annular brush within the aperture in said disc the brushing portion ofthe brush being arranged to surround thecigar to be finished,

means to limit the extension of a cigar through the brush in said disc, and means to rotate said disc and brush in unison.

6.;A device for finishing cigars comprising adisc provided with a central aperture, an annularbrush within the aperture in said disc the brushing portion of the brush being arranged to surround the cigar to be finished, a cup-shaped element for the reception or theendof a cigar adjacent said brush and concentric therewith and means to rotatesaid brush, a v v A device for finishing cigars comprising a disc provided with a central aperture, an

annular brush within the apertureiin said disc the brushing portion of the brush being arranged to surround the cigar to be finished, a cup-shaped element for the reception of they endoLt a cigar adj acent said brush 40 and concentric therewith and means to; rotate said brush and said cup-shaped element.

8. A device for finishing cigars comprising a rotatable shaft, a cup-shaped element for the reception of the end of a cigar mounted 4 on said shaft, a casing mounted on said shaft and surrounding said cup-shaped element, an annular brush having, brushing elementson. its inner periphery carried by said casing adjacent to and in'line with'said cup-shaped element, and means to rotate said j shaft.

9. A device forfinishing cigars comprising" a rotatableshaft, a cup-shaped elementlfor the receptionof the end of "a'cigarmounted' on said shaft, a collar mounted on said shaft,

a casing removab'ly secured to said collar and enclosing said cup shaped. element, a disc I having a central aperture 'inline with said" cup-shaped element removably secured with in' said casing adjacent the end of said cup-' shaped element, an annular brush having brushing elements on its inner periphery secured in the aperture'in said disc, and means to rotate said shaft;

In testimony of which 'inventionQI have hereunto set my hand, -at Philadelphia, Pa, on this 27th day of April, 1925; I i p HARR YVP. WURMANJ 

